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Anyone Recognize This Hymn Lyric?

March 18, 2014, 2:17 pm
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Confession, I am a disorganized slob. In my completely random computer folders and files, I have a metric paraphrase of Ubi Caritas that begins thusly:
Where loving kindness does abound,
There God the Father will be found.
The Love of Jesus Christ, the Son,
Has gathered us, and made us one.
Anyone recognize it?
I suspect I messed around with someone else's hymn text to make it LM, or had one glass too many of shriaz and thought I'd written what I actually plagiarized; but I might actually have managed to think up a verse that scanned and rhymed, I suppose.
Anyway, now a B&G think they might want to use it and I don't know if it's Public Domain, or mine, or what.

If anyone can give me any hints on attribution, (or retribution ;oP) I would appreciate it.

(Save the Liturgy, Save the World)
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Ascension Hymn (and Easter Hymn) - THAXTED

March 28, 2014, 6:53 am
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A couple years ago I wrote an Ascension hymntext set to THAXTED, somewhat in response to the Easter hymn "Three Days." It's been presented here on the forum and generally well received.

For those parishes using hymnody, it might be a neat bookend to use the two hymns at the beginning and end of the season.

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Here's M.D. Ridge's Easter text

1.Three days our world was broken; the Lord of life lay dead.
“Take up your cross,” he told us who followed where he led.
Would we now hang in torment with thieves on ev’ry side,
Our Passover shattered, our hope crucified?
Three days we hid in silence, in bitter fear and grief.
Three days we clung together where he had washed our feet.

2.Three days-and on the third day, the women came at dawn.
His tomb, they said, was empty, his broken body gone.
Who could believe their story? The dead do not arise,
Yet he walks among us, and with our own eyes
We’ve seen him at this table; we’ve share his bread and wine.
Hearts burning bright within us, we’ve seen his glory shine.

3.Three days our world was broken and in an instant healed,
God’s covenant of mercy in mystery revealed.
Two thousand years are one day in God’s eternal sight,
And yesterday’s sorrows are this day’s delight.
Though still Christ’s body suffers, pierced daily by the sword,
Yet death has no dominion: the risen Christ is Lord!

Copyright information and purchasing here:
http://www.ocp.org/compositions/40024
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Here's mine for Ascension

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Crusader/Knights Medieval Hymns

August 11, 2010, 4:08 am
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Hello all - I'm just looking for a resource. Does anyone know where I can find medieval hymns and rounds from Medieval times or the Crusades? Most of these I have seen are hand written photocopies. But is there anyone out there that publishes them?
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Scripture in Office Hymnody

April 4, 2014, 9:11 am
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I thought I would post a couple of examples of office hymns.

These texts are chock-full of Scripture, but its use is not like the "sola scriptura" of the Protestant reformation, whose legacy includes great English-language Psalm paraphrases like Jesus Shall Reign (Psalm 72) and O God, Our Help in Ages Past (Psalm 90).

Instead, these hymns are homiletic in character, bringing together various Scripture passages that bear upon one another and upon the mysteries of the faith, making sense of the whole.

Aeterne rerum Conditor (St. Ambrose, 340-397)

Eternal maker of all things
Of day and night the sov'reign King,
Refreshing mortals, You arrange
The rhythm of the seasons' change

The rooster sounds his morning cry
--Throughout the night he watched the sky--
For travelers, a guiding light
To tell the watches of the night.

The morning star that hears the cry
Dispels the darkness from the sky.
The demons, hearing the alarm
Abandon all their paths of harm.

The sailor hears and he is brave;
The sea becomes a gentle wave.
The rooster's call reached Peter's ears:
He washed away his sins in tears.

Our wav'ring hearts, Lord Jesus, see.
O look upon us, make us free,
For in Your gaze no fault can stay,
And sins by tears are washed away.

O Light, upon our senses shine.
Dispel our sleepiness of mind,
That we may sing Your morning praise,
Then, vows fulfilling, live our days.

c. 2010 Kathleen Pluth

Excelsam Pauli gloriam (St. Peter Damian, 1007-1072)

Let all the Church acclaim St. Paul
And sing the glories of his call
The Lord made an apostle be
From one who was his enemy

The name of Christ set Paul afire
Enkindling him with great desire;
And higher these same blazes reached
When of the love of Christ he preached.

His merits are forever praised
For to the heavens he was raised,
And there, the all-mysterious word,
That none dare speak, by Paul was heard.

The Word, like seed sown in a field
Producing an abundant yield
Fills heav’nly barns whose stores of grain
Are tilled and grown on earthly plains.

The shining of the lamplight gleams
And drenches earth with heaven's beams.
The dark of error's night is past;
The reign of truth has come at last.

To Christ all glory, and all praise
To Father and the Spirit raise,
Who for the nations’ saving call
Gave us the splendor of Saint Paul.

Translation © 2008 Kathleen Pluth.
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From Lands That See the Sun Arise [St. Croix] (Charles H. Giffen)

April 5, 2014, 2:41 pm
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Here is John Mason Neale's translation of the Christmas hymn A solis ortus cardine (stanzas 1-7 & 9) by Sedulius set to my Long Meter Double hymn tune ST. CROIX.

The sound file presents the SATB hymn once and then the SATB hymn with the last stanza Descant.
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Assistance with Organ Recital Program

April 13, 2014, 9:29 pm
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(I was directed to this Forum by Corpus Christi Watershed for aid with my organ recital program. My email follows.)

I am Andrew John G. Rondelli, a liturgical organist and student at Providence College. Your site has been very helpful to me in my development as a liturgical musician and I have used some of your music, such as the Lalemant Propers, at Mass.

I will be giving my senior organ recital on Easter Friday, April 25, at 7:00 p.m. My program is attached. In it you will see that I am playing Bach's chorale prelude BWV 599 (Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland) and Flor Peeters's chorale prelude on "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name."

In my program, I am planning on incorporating two verses of each tune with the melody line above for congregational singing after each prelude. Would it at all be possible for you to supply me with two PDF files of each hymn's melody line (in treble clef) with the two verses under the melody? For "Savior of the Nations, Come," I would like verses 1 and 3 as listed in 228 Savior of the Nations, Come in the Vatican II Hymnal. For "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name," I would like verses 1 and 4 as listed in 217 Holy God, We Praise Thy Name in the Vatican II Hymnal.

Also, if at all possible, could the melody line for "Savior of the Nations, Come" be raised a whole step to be in a minor (to match Bach's BWV 599 prelude in a minor)?

Thank you so much for your consideration. If you could email me back as soon as possible to let me know if this can be done soon, that would be especially helpful to me.

In Pax Christi,

Andrew John G. Rondelli

Theology and Music (Organ) Double-Major, Philosophy Minor
Class of 2014, Providence College
Organist, Saints Martha and Mary Parish, Lakeville, Massachusetts
5:00 p.m. Anticipatory Mass Organist, Saint Mary's Parish, Plymouth, Massachusetts
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Antiphons: The Strife Is O'er and O Sons and Daughters

April 26, 2014, 7:43 am
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For church musicians simultaneously employed by different denominations (Episcopal and Catholic in my case), it is interesting to compare differences in performance practice of particular hymns. Most forum readers know, for example, that the final phrase of Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (“Infinite thy vast domain . . .”) is not repeated in some Protestant hymnals. The reason is probably lost to history but the variation is of no great musical significance.

The repetition of antiphons after each verse in the hymns The Strive Is O’er and Ye Sons and Daughters is another matter. I find the Episcopalian practice of singing the antiphon only at the beginning and after the last verse, in liturgy of the hours psalmody fashion, to be superior to the Catholic insertion after every verse. Besides avoiding melodic tedium, the story lines of the texts progress more naturally; you anticipate what’s coming next and the antiphon disrupts that.

Though the Catholic practice is thoroughly inbred, I don’t think it’s a habit that can’t be broken. But that would require others agreeing with me. Am I a lone coyote howling on an empty plain?
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I Bind Unto Myself Today (STANFORD)

April 28, 2014, 4:22 pm
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Does anyone have a program-ready graphic of this hymn that they could post and share?

I found this. But I'm looking for a melody only version. I tried importing the XML file into Finale but the text did not import. I could retype retype set it, but if someone already has this, it would be a big time saver. Thanks.

http://www.hymnary.org/text/i_bind_unto_myself_today
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Revision of Marier's "Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Canticles"?

July 29, 2010, 10:21 am
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Browsing through this hymnal for about the fourth time (I request it through inter-library loan every year or so, it seems), I'm dying to know: *Are there plans for this hymnal to be revised and re-published?* Overall, it's excellent, and could possible by *the* hymnal that many of us will be looking for once the new translations are at our doorstep.

Anyone in the know regarding this hymnal?
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strong hymn texts for Saint Joseph the Worker?

April 28, 2014, 4:37 pm
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Can anyone point me in the right direction? I seem to remember one by James Quinn, S.J., but I cannot put my hands on it.

Gratefully,
Paul
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DIADEMATA

May 5, 2014, 3:36 pm
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I was doodling with the tune DIADEMATA, perfectly mated with the hymn Crown Him with many crowns. Score (free) and audio demo (as proof of score) at hymndescants.org

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Hymn Text for Discussion

May 14, 2014, 1:36 am
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Would forum members please like to polish to Pluth-perfection the below draft lyrics honouring Blessed Charles of Austria. (The tune the text was written to suit is, unsurprisingly, Austria.)

Blessed Charles who ruled an empire
    in the service of a King
and, calm, bore, with His uniting,
    thine own share of suffering,
may we likewise tread His footsteps
    in our several walks of life
and, thy prayers and merits aiding,
    come to reign above the strife.

Blessed Charles who now attendest
    at the throne of Calvary,
be our friend at court. Obtain us 
    favours of thy charity.
In this great communion suppliants
    to the Sacred Heart commend
that our prayers before His altar
    in the presence may ascend.

Blessed Charles whose sense of duty
    when the world convulsed in war
urged thee strive for peace, that virtue,
    that discernment we implore.
Pray our Queen and politicians
    thine example emulate.
May the will of God be upmost 
    in their efforts for the state.

Blessed Charles who, on this morning,
    pledged to thine imperial bride,
mutual aid to enter heaven,
    help us also reach thy side.
To each husband be exemplar,
    intercessor for his wife,
that, despite all opposition,
    ever flourish family life.

Blessed Charles, the saints and angels,
    those who yearn, those who yet race
raise one hymn of exaltation
    at thy triumph by God’s grace:
  “Glory be to God the Father
  and to His co-equal Son
  with the Holy Ghost who reigneth
  while eternal ages run.”
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Hymn for Sacred Heart

May 13, 2014, 2:38 pm
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What favorite hymns to the Sacred Heart can y'all mention? I need to choose one for the 65 kids who will be singing at the first Chant Camp this year, which falls on the feast of the the Sacred Heart (old calendar).

Simple and specific. Tangents and diatribes will be tolerated, though likely ignored by stressed out OP.
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Pluth "The Son of Man" for SS Peter & Paul (29 June)

May 20, 2014, 6:12 am
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LiberHymnarius.org

May 28, 2014, 3:59 pm
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I don't know that this has been posted before, nothing came up in a search so, check this place out:

http://liberhymnarius.org/

It has audio recordings of most (all?) of the Liber Hymnarius. Very useful!
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Interesting thread at PTB (new hymn text)

June 2, 2014, 1:10 pm
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http://www.praytellblog.com/index.php/2014/06/01/hymns-these-days/

Entitled "Hymns These Days," there is a growing interest about the textual content of contemporary hymnody. Already Joncas, Keil, Inwood and others have weighed in and I think it would be of interest for many of us here (Wood, Pluth, FNJ, Giffen et al) to engage their commentary and insights.

As an example of a recent new author and a new text, Kevin Keil posted this:

WHO IS THE CRUCIFIED?
Who is the crucified? Oh, that a god should fall! That he through whom the world was made should bleed for it as well. ’Tis Christ, the Son of God, who suffered to save all. Infinity bound into flesh broke all the bonds of hell!

Who is the crucified? ’Tis Jesus, Son of Man, who, from a virgin mother born, lived out a mortal span. He grew as all men do, and loved as all men can. To give us life he gave his life—oh, kiss his wounded hand!

Who is the crucified? The risen one is he! Death waged a war against him once, but died on Calvary. The lamb who once was slain arose to set us free. He offers us his cross, himself, that we might rise as he!

Who is the crucified? ’Tis he who will return when all our days have run their course—may it be soon! We yearn to hear him speak in truth and see his justice done, and watch his wounded hands reach out to welcome faithful ones.

Now praise the crucified, all you who love his name, all you who serve him in the poor, who give up wealth and fame, who watch for him by night and wait for him by day, who love as he has shown you love—Praise Him eternally!


© 2012, Kate Bluett. Published by OCP Publications. All rights reserved.
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Hymns for Sts. Peter and Paul

June 3, 2014, 7:08 am
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The Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul (June 29) falls on a Sunday this year. I suppose there are a half dozen threads on this forum that have some of my texts for the feast on them, but if you're looking to find them all in one place, I've put them on the Chant Cafe here.
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Hymn text analysis and suggestions

June 5, 2014, 7:37 am
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There have been a couple of interesting discussions about hymn texts here and on that other blog.

Fr. Joncas suggested that we open up discussions here about hymn texts.

I'd like to offer the following, and suggest that when reading it, an attempt should first be made to really understand it on its own terms first. What is it trying to say, something new, or is the message something well-established in the Tradition that is being re-stated in a new way here? How does it relate its message, rhetorically? What is the use being made of Scripture? Etc etc.

I think its best to begin this way because in my experience, everyone tends to come to hymnody with preferences that have perhaps been developed over many years, and these can get in the way of "listening" to a hymn on its own terms before making strong statements. So I suggest taking time, slowing down to smell the roses, and then make analytic points that really refer to the text we have here.

I'm attaching Colin Brumby's fine anthem treatment in case that helps. However, I would prefer that the discussion please stay focused on the text.

I feel confident about the hymn-craft on this text, but since there is always room for improvement, please feel free to make suggestions. Thanks!

Who is rising in the east
like the light of many suns?
Bridegroom coming to the feast:
eagerly his race he runs.
Splendor of the rising day,
reaching out from end to end,
all creation in his sway—
and he calls the sinner “friend.”

Camel through the needle’s eye,
for our sake becoming poor,
so the Lord of earth and sky
enters through a humble door:
enters through a Virgin womb,
rises from a borrowed grave.
So he wills to gently come.
Powerfully he comes to save.

He comes forth to be our food
reigning from the Father’s hand.
Eat and live: be filled with good.
Drink, and you will understand.
Every morning mercies new
on the altar, grace for grace,
fall like never-failing dew
till we see him face to face.

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Come Holy Ghost - Winchester New

June 7, 2014, 12:00 pm
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If anyone so desires, here's a version of 'Come, Holy Ghost' set to WINCHESTER NEW.
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The best of the hymnal

June 13, 2014, 6:20 am
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What's the best basic core hymns? Feel free to add your own or challenge others' suggestions.

But if you challenge, say why.

And if you disagree with a challenger, say why.

Do not mention a text writer or composer except to identify a text or tune, i.e. St. Thomas (Williams.) Do not say, "I like everything Christopher Idle ever wrote"--tempting as that admittedly is to say.

No "why are you being so mean to my favorite hymn?" allowed.

Say what you think, think about what you say, and explain what you think.
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